Biographies

SandraButterworth

Areas of Expertise

Dialect

Performance

Voice

Sandra originally trained as an actor and was a member of the National Theatre of Great Britain for 2 years. Since training at the Royal Central School as a voice teacher and specialist dialect coach she has worked for over twenty years in international films, television and opera. Her awareness of the acting process combined with her technical understanding has enabled her to work creatively with actors and others to discover their authentic vocal potential when using dialect and accent.

“ ...One aspect of the work that continues to strike me is that it is frequently a process of uncovering, removing obstacles to allow an actor to find the sounds within themselves, a reaching in rather than out. The portal is different for everyone but it is not unusual for people to discover that they know far more about a set of sounds than they originally thought...”